The architecture world can't get enough of MoMA's 'The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985' — an exploration of "how modern architecture in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have given shape and manifestation to proclaiming autonomy, articulating national identities, and enacting social progress." Read this in-depth review by Cristina Kiran Piotti — with photos by @_randhirsingh — @archdigest "From the Anguri Bagh Housing in Lahore by Yasmeen Lari, who pioneered the way for regional and participatory architecture, and the climate-adapted houses by Sri Lankan architects Minnette de Silva and Geoffrey Bawa, to the ethos pervading the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad by Balkrishna V. Doshi—MoMa lends a stage to local architects who made the most of the region’s craft traditions to generate monumental, innovative and experimental structures, as the curator @martino.stierli explains. 'The exhibition is the result of a multi-year research project that started with regular trips to the region from 2016 onward. These trips offered an opportunity to not only visit many of the buildings that were included in the exhibition, but also meet their architects and the many private and public collections where their work is kept.'" Read the full review via linkinbio. #projectofindependence #postcolonialarchitecture #architecture #architecturesofdecolonization #decolonizethisplace #southasianarchitecture #southasia https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBP4rspb49/?utm_medium=tumblr
